App password for AOL Mail
A separate key for one app that you can revoke any time without changing your real password. Mail Housekeeper never asks for your real password.
AOL and Yahoo run on the same mail system, so the steps match.
- Open login.aol.com/account/security and sign in.Screenshot: the AOL Account Security page
- Tap Generate app password (or Create app password).Screenshot: the Generate app password button
- Name it Mail Housekeeper and generate it.
- Copy the password before closing the box. It is shown once.
- Paste it into Mail Housekeeper with your AOL address and tap Test and connect.
Good to know
- The app password keeps working even if you change your main AOL password.
- Delete it from the same page to revoke it. Our access ends that instant.
- AOL may ask you to verify your identity first. Have your phone handy.
Why an app password?
It is a separate key for one app that you can revoke any time without changing your real password. We never ask for your real password.
Your app password is stored encrypted (AES-256-GCM) and used only to read mail headers and move mail between folders inside your own mailbox: into Housekeeper hold when you clear a company, and on Yahoo and AOL into Housekeeper keep while a deep clean reaches older mail (that one is always brought back). Delete the app password at your provider and our access ends that instant.